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it will not talk to the assad regime as long as assad is in power. certain conflict have their own logic. my fear is at the end of this conflict syria would be destroyed and, in the meantime, in the meantime, 2013 will most likely be very violent and more civilians will die in the country. >> you still feel it would be a mistake for the west to intervene. >> well, the west has already intervened. the west is waging a war by other means against the assad regime. economic war, financial war, intelligence war. but the retality is the west is very reluctant to provide arms to the opposition. here is the irony. the west has, in particular, the national coalition and, yet, also the united states has put the so-called radical jihadist group. >> one of the fighting forces of that opposition. >> and it is -- >> they branded them a terrorist organization. >> absolutely. yet, they are one of the most important skilled fighting machine inside syria. here is the irony. what do you do? how do you provide the opposition with arms in order to really expedite the end
it will not talk to the assad regime as long as assad is in power. certain conflict have their own logic. my fear is at the end of this conflict syria would be destroyed and, in the meantime, in the meantime, 2013 will most likely be very violent and more civilians will die in the country. >> you still feel it would be a mistake for the west to intervene. >> well, the west has already intervened. the west is waging a war by other means against the assad regime. economic war,...
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he wants bashar al assad to go and go right away. listen to next change that i had with president morsi. you want bashar al assad to leave to give up power? do you believe he should be tried by the international criminal court for war crimes? >> translator: it is not i who want this but the syrian people who want this. this phase is the phase of the people, similar to what the egyptian president wanted, the syrian people wanted. and we support the syrian people. and they are going to win and they have the will to win. >> so, you say the syrian president want bashar al assad to be tried for war crimes? >> translator: the syrian people, through their revolution, and through the movement will, when the bloodshed stops, move to a new stage where they will have an independent parliament and the government of their choosing. and then they will decide what they want to do against those who committed crimes against them. it is the syrian people who decide. >> it's clear that president morsi feels that time is running out for the syrian leade
he wants bashar al assad to go and go right away. listen to next change that i had with president morsi. you want bashar al assad to leave to give up power? do you believe he should be tried by the international criminal court for war crimes? >> translator: it is not i who want this but the syrian people who want this. this phase is the phase of the people, similar to what the egyptian president wanted, the syrian people wanted. and we support the syrian people. and they are going to win...
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in syria there was a surprise nationwide address by the dictator bashar al-assad andddres what he had to say was a cause for worry. it was his first speech in six months and assad said he won't step down and he won't negotiate with the rebels. the civil war there has spilled over syria's borders from time to time so now u.s. soldiers have landed in turkey to man patriot missiles on the border. holly williams is ourrder. correspondent in turkey reporting from istanbul tonight. holly, why do the turks wanty, these patriot missile batteries?es >> reporter: well, scott, turkey asked its nato allies-- including the united states-- toes-- provide patriot missiles because of fears that syria might use chemical weapons.e the turkish are nervous firstly because they have openly backedr the rebels in syria's civil war and secondly because they share a 600 mile long border with syria and we've already seen fighting spilling across that border. these six missile batteries are aimed at detering a much bigger inversion, they're capable of intercepting missiles and aircraft and they would be usedd t
in syria there was a surprise nationwide address by the dictator bashar al-assad andddres what he had to say was a cause for worry. it was his first speech in six months and assad said he won't step down and he won't negotiate with the rebels. the civil war there has spilled over syria's borders from time to time so now u.s. soldiers have landed in turkey to man patriot missiles on the border. holly williams is ourrder. correspondent in turkey reporting from istanbul tonight. holly, why do the...
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this iran conflicts where the opposition pleasure to carry on fighting and a rejection of president assad's new peace plan. a war of words between britain and argentina but could it turn into a real war the u.k. prime minister says he is ready to fight to keep control over the falkland islands . and marking also christmas in russia and around the world as people park into churches and cathedrals for special celebrations. and you saw in russia and around the world this is all see with me. and a very warm welcome to the program. they see we're in opposition and western leaders have rejected a peace plan proposed by president assad and instead they are again demanding that he should go in a raid to address bashar al assad offered a national dialogue and a constitutional referendum to end the nearly two years of a conflict that he pledged to continue fighting what he calls terrorist violence and urged foreign nations to stop funding his enemies assad's speech was punctuated with loud cheering for his supporters but his opponents dismissed the address as hypocritical political analyst marcus pap
this iran conflicts where the opposition pleasure to carry on fighting and a rejection of president assad's new peace plan. a war of words between britain and argentina but could it turn into a real war the u.k. prime minister says he is ready to fight to keep control over the falkland islands . and marking also christmas in russia and around the world as people park into churches and cathedrals for special celebrations. and you saw in russia and around the world this is all see with me. and a...
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iran is selling arms to the asad -- assad regime, and trying to insist the planes land for inspection. they have just done two inspections, and one plane was empty from damascus. it's a good question, and i think the answer is a complicated one, but i would say two things, in any country that is a newly emerging country, there is a sense of nationalism that you have to contend with which is legitimate. they have air own government and leaders. you can't dictate to them what to do, and there are a lot of states in the region that have their -- trying to meddle in iraq, the iranians big time, turkey, gulf states, trying to exert influence inside iraq, but, also, a big part of the answer is, really, what's happened to the united states? the american government is conflicted on iraq. the obama administration, itself, was ambivalent about whether to keep forces in iraq beyond 2011 or not, and, in fact, president obama campaigned on the ten in a minute that he had extra kateed forces from iraq completely, planned to, the military hoped to keep 5,000 to 15,000 there, including to fight al-qa
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assad said the military would then stop fighting and peace talks could start. we will negotiate with the ones that are behind those puppets, he said. we want a dialogue with the master, not with the servants. the united nations says the civil war has left more than 60,000 syrians dead. in his only interview with american media during this conflict, assad told abc's barbara walters that his forces targeted terrorists, not civilian protesters. >> what is the misconception if there is any, about the protests? >> we don't kill our people. nobody kills -- no government in the world kills its people unless -- as president, i became president because of the public support. >> and alex marquardt is with us here in new york tonight. thank you for your extraordinary reporting over in syria. when you look at this leader, is this someone who you think thinks he's going to be able to last through this? >> the most striking part of the speech was how confident and collected he seemed. he didn't ramble as he had in the past. this honestly didn't sound like a man who believed
assad said the military would then stop fighting and peace talks could start. we will negotiate with the ones that are behind those puppets, he said. we want a dialogue with the master, not with the servants. the united nations says the civil war has left more than 60,000 syrians dead. in his only interview with american media during this conflict, assad told abc's barbara walters that his forces targeted terrorists, not civilian protesters. >> what is the misconception if there is any,...
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the conflict moscow has voiced its support for the political transition a syria but says president assad's exit kind of be a precondition for a deal to end the crisis washington or fish they say lead in my step down with the pentagon now saying because could provide forces to secure the country's chemical weapons if assad agrees to a peaceful transition there are fears the also could fall into the wrong hands u.s. and middle east experts are also saying the conflict is pushing the countries you ring in stockpiles a trask say reportedly has up to fifty tons of integrates to raney i'm enough to create five need my bones are at least commentator and blogger col sherrod believes the uranium ratio is just another red herring. now there's a kind of a sequence a chain of mists in our use that are being produced concerning chemical weapons and nuclear granules so that's the syrian regime there's a process of planning for that they are stressed out as western powers very miserly get i think they're buying up all these different reasons for them to step in and take control of stalin tree a country s
the conflict moscow has voiced its support for the political transition a syria but says president assad's exit kind of be a precondition for a deal to end the crisis washington or fish they say lead in my step down with the pentagon now saying because could provide forces to secure the country's chemical weapons if assad agrees to a peaceful transition there are fears the also could fall into the wrong hands u.s. and middle east experts are also saying the conflict is pushing the countries you...
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syrian president bashir al assad has rejected international calls to step down. he says he'll continue his fight against rebel forces. he also prosed what he called a new peace plan that the u.s. state department said was detached from reality. >>> in a new interview britain's prince charles discussed the responsibility he feels as his son prince william and his wife kate prepare to make him a grandfather. take a listen. >> i don't want to be confronted by my future grandchildren. so clearly now there's a grandchild it makes it even more obvious, you know, to try and make sure we have them, leave them something that's not a poison chalice. >> prince charles also said he worries every night about his son prince harry who is fighting with british troops in afghanistan. >>> this is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. mountain vesuvius. nasa released this image showing just how close the active volcano is to more than 3 million people in the city of naples close by. in australia a stray kangaroo led officers on a wild chase through an airport parking ga
syrian president bashir al assad has rejected international calls to step down. he says he'll continue his fight against rebel forces. he also prosed what he called a new peace plan that the u.s. state department said was detached from reality. >>> in a new interview britain's prince charles discussed the responsibility he feels as his son prince william and his wife kate prepare to make him a grandfather. take a listen. >> i don't want to be confronted by my future...
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bashar assad's harsh words to rebels and others who are asking him to step down. >>> the plus latest in a french actor's bizarre quest for russian citizenship. ♪ [ male announcer ] the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. . >>> you are looking at' rare event many syria as a defiant president bashar al-assad addressed his nation for the first time in six months. he rejected international peace efforts and proposed a political plan that overhauls the government, but keeps him in power. mr. assad repeateds had longstanding assertions that the movement against hill was driven by "murderous criminals." >> this is a conflict, those who wanted to take revenge against the people. and to fragment syria. those are the enemies of the people. and the enemies of god. and the enemies of god will go to hell. >> the president's speech comes a week after the united nations and arab league envoy visited damasc
bashar assad's harsh words to rebels and others who are asking him to step down. >>> the plus latest in a french actor's bizarre quest for russian citizenship. ♪ [ male announcer ] the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. . >>> you are looking at' rare event many syria as a defiant...
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on assad, to help the opposition against assad unify, to provide humanitarian relief to the syrian people, and we are working every day with our international partners, and unilaterally, to help bring about the day when assad and his tyranny are no longer. and i take your point that the situation in syria is terrible, and responsibility for that situation belongs to the man who claims that he represents the people hes killing. chris. >> the website thinkprogress is reporting that pastor louie giglio, who president obama asked to deliver his inaugural benediction, held vehemently anti-gay views in the 1990s. in a recording attributed to him from that time, giglio advocated for a wildly discredited ex-gay therapy, references a biblical passage often attributed to require gay people to be executed, and impels christians to firmly respond to the aggressive agenda and prevent the homosexual lifestyle from becoming adapted in society. does the white house have a problem with obamas inaugural pastor holding those views? >> i havent seen that report. i would refer you to the inaugural committee.
on assad, to help the opposition against assad unify, to provide humanitarian relief to the syrian people, and we are working every day with our international partners, and unilaterally, to help bring about the day when assad and his tyranny are no longer. and i take your point that the situation in syria is terrible, and responsibility for that situation belongs to the man who claims that he represents the people hes killing. chris. >> the website thinkprogress is reporting that pastor...
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assad's home base. leland vittert on reaction to assad's message. >> with blood and souls we defend you chanted supporters for his first televised speech in more than six months. we are now in a state of war in every sense of the word, he said speaking live on state tv, appearing in control. he called those fighting against him foreign terrorists. a revolution is normally a movement of the people continued into the revolution of those imported from outside to revolt against the people. despite heavy losses, still rebels fighting the arm dismissed the offer to negotiate. we fight this man bogged down on the rebel front line. the man who calls himself the president, he is the head of a terrorist gang. assad received a number of standing ovations from a crowd of hand picked supporters, especially as he offered to reform all the syrian institution except the presidency. the u.s. state department was equally unimpressed with his offer as they were of the crowd. >> you see them, renting a mob is not that diff
assad's home base. leland vittert on reaction to assad's message. >> with blood and souls we defend you chanted supporters for his first televised speech in more than six months. we are now in a state of war in every sense of the word, he said speaking live on state tv, appearing in control. he called those fighting against him foreign terrorists. a revolution is normally a movement of the people continued into the revolution of those imported from outside to revolt against the people....
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bashar al assad dismissing any prospect of meeting with the rebel leaders. was anyone at all surprised that president assad ignored the scope and the root causes, if you will, of the uprising there? >> reporter: not entirely. we haven't seen a lot of bashar al assad in recent months. this was a big speech. he presented it in damascus in a crowded auditorium. he spoke for nearly an hour and really at the end of the speech probably isn't going to change much. he called -- we heard familiar refrains. he called the opposition terrorists and accused them of being made up mostly of al qaeda and made little mention of syrians taking arms against his government and countries in the region are funding and arming the opposition and says he won't negotiate until they stop funding them and went on to propose a new political initiative which would include eventually a new government, new constitution, national reconciliation but said that won't happen until the weapons are put down and these quote/unquote terrorists are no longer funded. he didn't spare his words when it
bashar al assad dismissing any prospect of meeting with the rebel leaders. was anyone at all surprised that president assad ignored the scope and the root causes, if you will, of the uprising there? >> reporter: not entirely. we haven't seen a lot of bashar al assad in recent months. this was a big speech. he presented it in damascus in a crowded auditorium. he spoke for nearly an hour and really at the end of the speech probably isn't going to change much. he called -- we heard familiar...
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. >> in a rare address to the nation, the syrian president bashar al-assad. he proposed a new constitution that he said would include new laws for the party's and local administration. he think russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend themselves from outside forces. the last time he addressed the nation was in june 2012. coverage comes to us courtesy of al-ajzeera english. -- al- jazeera english. >> this is the first time since november that the president has given a public address in his own country. official figures in united nations said as many as 60,000 people have lost their lives during the course of the 21 month conflict. [chanting] our translator is standing by [applause] -- by. [applause] president bashar al-assad, live from the syrian capital. >> ladies and gentlemen, today i look at your faces and the faces of the people of my country with sadness and pain. i look at the eyes of the children of syria. i'd look at the hands of the elderly today, pain and suffering is spread all over syria. safety and se
. >> in a rare address to the nation, the syrian president bashar al-assad. he proposed a new constitution that he said would include new laws for the party's and local administration. he think russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend themselves from outside forces. the last time he addressed the nation was in june 2012. coverage comes to us courtesy of al-ajzeera english. -- al- jazeera english. >> this is the first time since november...
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even the turkish head of state, former ally, is speaking out against assad. he just has no allies at this point. i think the description of assad being sort of detached from reality -- pretty realistic. >> something to that, absolutely. the world is saying "get out. this is not going to last." but no one is taking definitive action to push him out. that's the difference. >> that's true. >> lot of talk so far at least right now. >>> almost six months after the aurora, colorado, movie massacre, a pretrial hearing opens today for suspect james holmes. holmes is charged with killing 12 people and wounding 70 others. at the week-long hearing, prosecutors will lay out their case. a judge will decide whether to send it to trial. many legal experts believe the evidence is so overwhelming, holmes will likely accept a plea deal. i have to agree with that. >> that seems to be his only option, realistically, right? >> no question. i think with the pretrial hearings, preliminary hearings, i have conducted many of them myself. you sort of lay it out for the other side so t
even the turkish head of state, former ally, is speaking out against assad. he just has no allies at this point. i think the description of assad being sort of detached from reality -- pretty realistic. >> something to that, absolutely. the world is saying "get out. this is not going to last." but no one is taking definitive action to push him out. that's the difference. >> that's true. >> lot of talk so far at least right now. >>> almost six months after...
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a critical and detached from reality that's how a peace plan proposed by syrian president bashar al assad was described in washington and london while syria's key opposition group which enjoys the overwhelming support of western states has once again called for immediate regime change in a rare t.v. address to the nation present a sad offer a political road map to end the almost two years of bloody civil conflict the proposal includes dialogue a constitutional referendum and calls on alcide powers to stop funding what he described as terrorism in syria political analyst marcus papadopoulos believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that will continue fighting despite any concessions from the government very important to make this clear in particular to western audiences who are unfortunately not read the full picture when it comes to syria the free syrian army is a lethal cocktail or various groups including many islamist groups and many groups linked to al qaida and the free syrian army is of course backed by certain countries in the west and certain countries in the region
a critical and detached from reality that's how a peace plan proposed by syrian president bashar al assad was described in washington and london while syria's key opposition group which enjoys the overwhelming support of western states has once again called for immediate regime change in a rare t.v. address to the nation present a sad offer a political road map to end the almost two years of bloody civil conflict the proposal includes dialogue a constitutional referendum and calls on alcide...
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iran has been flying arms to the al-assad regime and syria through the iraqi airspace. we've been trying to get the iraqis to insist the iranian planes land from inspection. they've only done to inspections and one was a plane returning empty from damascus. so it is a good question. and i think the answer is a complicated one, but i would say two things: one, in any country that is a newly emerging country, newly, you know, government, there is a sense of nationalism, that you have to contend with which is legitimate. the united states doesn't own iraq. they have their own government, their own leaders. we can't dictate to them what to do, and there are a lot of states in the region that are trying to meddle in iraq. the iranians big time, turkey, the gulf states are all trying to exert influence inside iraq. but also i think a big part of the answer is in really what happened to the united states. the american government is conflicted on iraq. the obama administration itself was ambivalent about whether we should keep forces in iraq beyond 2011 or not. in fact, preside
iran has been flying arms to the al-assad regime and syria through the iraqi airspace. we've been trying to get the iraqis to insist the iranian planes land from inspection. they've only done to inspections and one was a plane returning empty from damascus. so it is a good question. and i think the answer is a complicated one, but i would say two things: one, in any country that is a newly emerging country, newly, you know, government, there is a sense of nationalism, that you have to contend...
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this is bashar al-assad very much in control. he has a lot of supporters there in the damascus opera house there in the capitol from which he was speaking, a lot of applause there and was speaking live on state television. his detractors will say what what they will, but many people have predicted bashar al-assad's demise over the past 18 or 20 months, they say his days are over. this is a president very much in control of his capitol and much of his country, bill. bill: does that speech change anything on ground, leland. >> reporter: not rile the violence continues. the one thing that bashar al-assad did talk about is a need for his army to continue to night and that is exactly what they are doing. if anything the rebels' momentum as of late has slowed or perhaps stopped. the one thing we saw president bashar al-assad do is give up a lot of indefensible areas, areas he didn't care about, especially in the north. the rebels haven't been able to make inch roads either in damascus or other important towns there for bashar al-assad.
this is bashar al-assad very much in control. he has a lot of supporters there in the damascus opera house there in the capitol from which he was speaking, a lot of applause there and was speaking live on state television. his detractors will say what what they will, but many people have predicted bashar al-assad's demise over the past 18 or 20 months, they say his days are over. this is a president very much in control of his capitol and much of his country, bill. bill: does that speech change...
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address to the nation president assad offered a political roadmap to ending almost two years of bloody civil conflict the proposal includes a constitutional referendum and calls on outside powers to stop funding what he described as terrorism in syria political analyst marcus papadopoulos believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that will continue fighting despite any concessions from the government. very important to make this clear in particular for western audiences who are unfortunately not. when it comes to syria the free syrian army is a lethal cocktail or various groups including many islamist groups and many groups linked to al qaida and the free free syrian army is of course backed by certain countries in the west and certain countries in the region and the free syrian army has been responsible for heinous terrorist acts in the last couple of peace in syria but ultimately it's got to be america turkey saudi arabian cut off they've got to stop supporting the militants people who are ideologically speaking the same people who talked about the terrible attacks in
address to the nation president assad offered a political roadmap to ending almost two years of bloody civil conflict the proposal includes a constitutional referendum and calls on outside powers to stop funding what he described as terrorism in syria political analyst marcus papadopoulos believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that will continue fighting despite any concessions from the government. very important to make this clear in particular for western audiences who are...
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first, though, the dictator bashar al assad's first public speech since june occurred. it was most surreal, cheering crowd as assad saying the west is the enemies of the people, enemies of god. he was swarmed by supporters even as shelling continued during the speech. the syrian leader saying he will not step down. look at all of those people cheering for him. now, the u.n. said more than 60,000 syrians have been killed in the past two months. the exact number is hard to know. zaidoun told us time and time again that he wanted the world to know what was happening inside his country. his family says in mid-december secret police came to his home and arrested him. they believe that zaidoun and his brother are being held in a facility in damascus notorious for torture and abuse. his cousin who lives in the united states has created a facebook page to demand their release and his brother's release in the hopes that someone inside the syrian regime will listen. i spoke with zaidoun's cousin about the ordeal her family is going through. take a look. when was the last time tha
first, though, the dictator bashar al assad's first public speech since june occurred. it was most surreal, cheering crowd as assad saying the west is the enemies of the people, enemies of god. he was swarmed by supporters even as shelling continued during the speech. the syrian leader saying he will not step down. look at all of those people cheering for him. now, the u.n. said more than 60,000 syrians have been killed in the past two months. the exact number is hard to know. zaidoun told us...
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state department spokeswoman says assad's plan is detached from reality and assad should resign immediately. >>> pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected u.s. drone strike killed 17 people today. today's attack follows two suspected u.s. drone strikes last week that killed 15 people, including a taliban commander with ties to the pakistani military. demonstrators protested against drone strikes thursday and burned a u.s. flag. >>> well, the man accused in one of the country's worst mass murders goes to court tomorrow. a judge will decide whether there's enough evidence for 25-year-old james holmes to stand trial. he faces more than 150 counts, including first-degree murder and attempted murder in the aurora, colorado, movie theater shooting last july. 12 people were killed, dozens injured. some of the victims are expected to testify in the week-long hearing. >>> well, fire up the zambonis. hockey could be back in a matter of days. the national hockey league and the players association struck a tentative labor agreement today according to a statement posted on the league website. tha
state department spokeswoman says assad's plan is detached from reality and assad should resign immediately. >>> pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected u.s. drone strike killed 17 people today. today's attack follows two suspected u.s. drone strikes last week that killed 15 people, including a taliban commander with ties to the pakistani military. demonstrators protested against drone strikes thursday and burned a u.s. flag. >>> well, the man accused in one of the...
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president obama said assad must go. we have not armed the rebellion, but our allies have, especially saudi arabia and qatar. mostly with small arms. there are credible reports they had surface to air missiles. it is a messy civil war. we have chosen a side. right now, it is stalemated. we have offered support to the rebellion. once he started massacring his own people, i don't think a lot of our allies would have accepted any other choice but to stand on the side of these people who want a say in their own lives. host: of viewer says -- of er says, " iview wher have to admit most of color is true. cia is involved." republican line with james kitfield. caller: james, i have an observation for you. that is that many of these wars that we have become involved in are merely proxy wars. we are drawn in all the way from johnson in vietnam up to president george w. bush to where we are bankrupting our country with these proxy wars. i think that what has happened here is president obama is withdrawing, and he is becoming an iso
president obama said assad must go. we have not armed the rebellion, but our allies have, especially saudi arabia and qatar. mostly with small arms. there are credible reports they had surface to air missiles. it is a messy civil war. we have chosen a side. right now, it is stalemated. we have offered support to the rebellion. once he started massacring his own people, i don't think a lot of our allies would have accepted any other choice but to stand on the side of these people who want a say...
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in the rebel-held town of aleppo, syria residents said his fellow citizens don't trust assad. >> any normal citizen listening to his speech heard him say that he asks for the refugees to return to their homes. at the same time he says he will not be deterred in fighting terrorism. how can a citizen go back, when they're being attacked with missiles and tanks? there is great contradiction in the speech. we're at a point or citizens do not believe a word he says. >> in indiana, five men accused in the gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman have appeared in court for the first time. the unidentified victim was raped on a moving bus in new delhi last month, dying from her injuries two weeks later. the case has sparked a nationwide call for reforms to increase punishment for rapists and prevent legal cases from languishing. at a candlelight vigil in india on sunday, hundreds of women pay tribute to the victim and demanded government action. >> i don't know how much security will increase. but i hope [indiscernible] >> later in our broadcast, we that took at a rape victi place in steub
in the rebel-held town of aleppo, syria residents said his fellow citizens don't trust assad. >> any normal citizen listening to his speech heard him say that he asks for the refugees to return to their homes. at the same time he says he will not be deterred in fighting terrorism. how can a citizen go back, when they're being attacked with missiles and tanks? there is great contradiction in the speech. we're at a point or citizens do not believe a word he says. >> in indiana, five...
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zone as flagrantly biased it comes after locked up or he said he doesn't see a place for president assad that a transitional government a visit by an international peace plan to last because as reiterated the south will not step down under foreign pressure meantime another development western experts say syria's conflict is putting the country to raney and stockpiles at risk let's talk about this than with middle east commentator love of culture shero taking the time to be with us tonight reports say syria may have up to fifty tons of un enrich uranium enough to make maybe five nuclear bombs is that feasible this is all pretty secret stuff isn't it we know there are a lot of details about. syria when it comes to nuclear what do you think the picture is i mean you know we can almost for sure but let's just look at the timing of this announcement it's almost. now there's kind of this chain of alarmists in are used to being produced concerning chemical weapons nuclear. echoes of iraq you think story echoes of iraq you think. partially i think but i think it's certainly not necessarily linke
zone as flagrantly biased it comes after locked up or he said he doesn't see a place for president assad that a transitional government a visit by an international peace plan to last because as reiterated the south will not step down under foreign pressure meantime another development western experts say syria's conflict is putting the country to raney and stockpiles at risk let's talk about this than with middle east commentator love of culture shero taking the time to be with us tonight...
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sides not to listen to the saudis the turks the americans the brits and the french and they with the assad government and they work out a transitional government or at least the provisional period leading to free and fair elections is this going to happen not likely. this is still ahead for you in the program but as well as a longtime leader who good child may be too ill after cancer surgery to attend his own integration of the opposition demands a new election if he doesn't show up. he also looks at the legacy of the twenty eleven that could have been if sayings had turned out differently and explore some of the challenges the world might face in the coming months. barack obama has given the green light increasing taxes on wealthy americans and a move to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff it follows months of political bickering among us lawmakers are right up until the drawing room first deadline and if the deal hadn't been passed americans could have seen billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts which were due to automatically come into effect and charlie mcgrath from wide awake
sides not to listen to the saudis the turks the americans the brits and the french and they with the assad government and they work out a transitional government or at least the provisional period leading to free and fair elections is this going to happen not likely. this is still ahead for you in the program but as well as a longtime leader who good child may be too ill after cancer surgery to attend his own integration of the opposition demands a new election if he doesn't show up. he also...
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. >>> syria's president assad proposing a peace deal to end the blood did i civil war. he is out with a new proposal. why it is being rejected next. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. ♪ protect your mouth, with fixodent. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. jenna: welcome back. everybody one. we await the president's announcement today for two new nominees for the secretary of defense and the head of cia there are some brand new developments in the iran nuclear showdown we want to talk to you about. the u.s. is again tighting the economic news noose by releasing new sanctions against iran. this tim
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has also actually has more hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has the russian fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it is not taking any side of the conflict but there's only one outcome apparently to this game no the only outcome well it does. actually there were no it offers a peace offer but to the game itself recommends the user not choose a bat since it says that then you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best ending off this game particularly is the fall of the regime. so what do we bring you the story of the occupy movement from its inception. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. a nation of free credit patient free transport charges free. range month three. three studio time free ok download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free video don the r t dot com. i got some
has also actually has more hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has the russian fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it is not taking any side of the conflict but there's only one outcome apparently to this game no the only outcome well it does. actually there were no it offers a peace offer but to the game itself recommends the user not choose a bat since it says that then you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best...
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the same line with iran and with there has also actually has been a hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has russian fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it is not taking any side of the conflict but there's only one outcome apparently to this game no the only outcome well it does. actually there were no it offers a peace offer but the game itself recommends the use or not choose that since it says that then you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best ending of this game particularly is the fall of the regime well brings up today here on our team just after you will find out how to judge if universities do well we're simply shut down that's a spotlight coming out of this short break stay with our. choose your language. because if we can we know if you're going to know something still some honest. truth is that the consensus you. choose the opinions that you give a great. choose the stories that impact the life choose the access to your. he'd just be feeling. you will. be able to sleep. barely. feel. that. hello again an
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syrian president, bashar al assad has made an address to the nation. he updated the people where 60,000 people have been killed in fighting >>> in aurora, colorado, four people are dead after an hour-long standoff. they stormed the house finding bodies of the gunman, two other women and the gunman. >>> more news later. now, back to lockup. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> of all the inmates we interviewed at the maricopa county jail, one in particular made an equally striking impression on both our crew and detention staff. her name is angela simpson. >> simpson i think is a very scary individual. she's probably the only one in there that i take every precaution in the world to make sure my staff and myself are safe. she is the one in this whole jail that creeps me out, for a better word. >> i was the first person on the crew to get introduced to angela simpson, and upon meeting her, the first things that came out of her mouth when i approached her, she pretty much told me to go "f" myself. for someone to say, go "f"
syrian president, bashar al assad has made an address to the nation. he updated the people where 60,000 people have been killed in fighting >>> in aurora, colorado, four people are dead after an hour-long standoff. they stormed the house finding bodies of the gunman, two other women and the gunman. >>> more news later. now, back to lockup. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> of all the inmates we interviewed at the maricopa...
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the saudis the turks the qataris the americans the brits and the french and they sit down with the assad government and be work out a transitional government or at least a provisional clear road leading to free and fair elections is this going to happen not likely troubles bring once again in bahrain police down a pro democracy ali with projects now nearing the two year mark just a few minutes. sarti looks at the legacy of the twenty twelfth that could have been of things had turned out differently and explore some of the challenges the world might face in the coming months. that's later but now the rock obama has given the green light to law increasing taxes on wealthy americans in a move to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff it follows months of political bickering among us lawmakers right up until the january first deadline if the deal hadn't been passed americans could have seen billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts which were due to automatically come into effect and it surely mcgrath's from wide awake news says not all agreements are so hard to pass through the congress.
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has also actually has more hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has russian fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it's not taking any side of the conflict but there's only one outcome apparently to this game no the only outcome well it does. offers a peace offer but the game recommends the user not choose that since then you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best ending of this scheme particularly is the fall of the regime news just in an explosion has sounded near military headquarters in tel aviv israeli ambulance services reports seven to ten casualties rescue services are arriving at the scene of the blast was apparently a car bomb police say the explosion could be a result of criminal activities well of course i bring you more as soon as we get it. but after the break it's abby martin with the breaking the set. motion would be so much greater. from files to oppression. screams don't talk don't come. government no longer represents the people the people are going to take the term. we. may not be a revolution in t
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. >>> and bashar al assad said that the enemies of his regime are going to hell. jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. >>> both his friends and enemies are troubled by president bashar al assad's latest show of defiance. speaking before a crowd of cheering supporters, the embattled leader delivered his first public address in six months, laying out terms for a peace plan that, of course, keeps himself in power. he ruled out any talks of the opposition, calling them enemies of god who will go to hell. those are his words. hala gorani is joining us to tell us about this. this was in damascus, the opera house. very deliberate here. >> it makes him look statesman like, and the carefully picked crowd, of course. kind of laughably, that ended up mobbing him at the end of his one-hour speech, we saw, as broa
. >>> and bashar al assad said that the enemies of his regime are going to hell. jenna shared her recipe with sharon, who emailed it to emily, who sent it to cindy, who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. >>> both his friends and enemies are troubled by president bashar al assad's latest show of...
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it is time for the assad regime to go. but in the meantime, they have a serious responsibility to maintain security over their chemical weapons and not to use them. >> so you believe that the syrian chemical weapons are in good hands, are safe so far? >> the syrian regime has an obligation to maintain security over the syrian chemical weapons stockpiles. i have not heard of change in the secretary's assessment. >> there has been a lot of reports, discussion -- including reports to them having heavy equipment to dig in in desert wars and eastern places. there is reports about the us and france and some other countries making some plans to do some kind of military operation. what can you say about what the pentagon is planning or doing, not just in terms of bali but in terms of extremists? >> i'm not going to gets into specifics on operations but we understand the serious threat that terrorist groups pose in north africa. we're working closely with our partners in the region to try to find a way to authority their activities
it is time for the assad regime to go. but in the meantime, they have a serious responsibility to maintain security over their chemical weapons and not to use them. >> so you believe that the syrian chemical weapons are in good hands, are safe so far? >> the syrian regime has an obligation to maintain security over the syrian chemical weapons stockpiles. i have not heard of change in the secretary's assessment. >> there has been a lot of reports, discussion -- including...
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assad clear he's simply not going to give up power. as that violence escalates, of course the concern is for the humanitarian situation. half a million refugees registered in syria's neighbors. fears that will mount by hundreds of thousands if the violence escalates. the larger fear now in the months ahead. bitter chill of winter hitting these people right when they're most vulnerable. they fled this far, almost to safety in turkey. but still they dig. to these boys dragged fast into man hood, it's not really a game, it's an air raid shelter. "we make it so if the jets come and bomb us," he says, "we put children here to hide them." but of course we'll make it much bigger for 20 to 30 people. the holes are so they can see outside when the bombs come. although they've already seen so much. "we were sitting and the rocket comes." "making this noise," he says. a big explosion, an artillery shell. here, 8,000 of them fled everything they had, hoping for something, but finding the new free syria could give them little. 100 yards from turkey
assad clear he's simply not going to give up power. as that violence escalates, of course the concern is for the humanitarian situation. half a million refugees registered in syria's neighbors. fears that will mount by hundreds of thousands if the violence escalates. the larger fear now in the months ahead. bitter chill of winter hitting these people right when they're most vulnerable. they fled this far, almost to safety in turkey. but still they dig. to these boys dragged fast into man hood,...
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>> you know, i think right now the bigger concern that nodes to be focused on is assuming assad comes down and, you know, i think there's a stronger likelihood that could happen. how do we secure the sites in what do we do to deal with that situation? and that is a discretion that we are having, not only with the israelis but with other countries in the region to try to look at you know what steps need to be taken in order to make sure that the -- sites are secured and they don't wind up in the wrong hands. i think the greater concern right now is what steps does the international community take to make sure that, you know, when assad comes down, there's a process and a procedure to ensure that we get our hands on securing those sites. that, i think, is the bigger challenge right now. -- [inaudible] what happens in a transition is there a permissive atmosphere or hostile atmosphere? that will tell you a lot. >> want to talk about the czech republic being egger to help with training the rebels in another cup. is that something that is being looked out? >> yeah, actually the czechs have
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. >>> in the news the defiant president bashar assad made a speech. he called for a national fight until in his words every terrorist is dead. >>> a shell oil rig that ran aground in alaska could be towed as early as today. naval architects said it was safe to move. the job will begin as soon as the weather is good enough. >>> former french citizen and actor gerard depardieu got a big welcome to his adopted new homeland. vladimir putin sat down with him and gave him at that point a russian passport. he left france because he says of its high taxes. >>> finally talk about a big catch, a bluefin tuna has sold at tokyo auction for a record 1.75 million bucks. how about that? >> that's a lot of money. >> three times the previous high making for some probably very expensive and hopefully very good sushi. >>> time over to the incomparable ginger zee. >> i like the adjective, ron. warm in miami and will stay that way. for the bowl tomorrow it will be dry. it hasn't been this morning and won't be for some of the day. let's look at the live shot there. powers
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intelligence, a certain army, not full arming, and trying to put other pressure on assad to leave. i don't think he supports injecting troops into the equation or no-fly zones. the libyan model does not apply to syria as it is constructed now. host: we are drilling down to the life and career of senator chuck hagel, his words, speeches, and statements, using excerpts of interviews he has done over the years, all of which are available on our website at c-span.org, part of the video library. we have the editor at large for "the atlantic and -- "the atlantic." you wanted to follow-up? guest: chuck hagel said he did not think it was in the national interest, which people debate about. he went on to say he thought syria was. it is a little confusing now that syria becomes the bone of contention. he has basically backed off of any strategy for dealing with syria. it is a heart problem. -- hard problem. we're letting others determine who will wind up being in leadership in that rebellion and the absence of the american leadership, the results will be worse for the united states interest,
intelligence, a certain army, not full arming, and trying to put other pressure on assad to leave. i don't think he supports injecting troops into the equation or no-fly zones. the libyan model does not apply to syria as it is constructed now. host: we are drilling down to the life and career of senator chuck hagel, his words, speeches, and statements, using excerpts of interviews he has done over the years, all of which are available on our website at c-span.org, part of the video library. we...
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fight in the west which was very difficult in iraq and fighting while we were working hard to get abu assad and hadn't gotten him yet. and brought me in with the national security council and asked me directly, okay, are we going to get him? and my response was with confidence yes, but i couldn't tell him how quickly, but instead of falling back the way that some leaders might do, you know, false pressure or something like this, he was supportive and professional he said well, stay at it. so, very, very impressive to me. president obama was very gracious to me in every engagement that we had. we did the analysis in the fall of 2009 on the strategy, additional forces and there were extraordinary political pressures pushing on them. there were pressures at n.a.t.o. and pressures inside afghanistan. i'm quite sure there were tremendous political pressure inside the united states and as we went through the process i appreciated the chance to be consulted and to be able to provide my unvarnished input each step of the way. >> sean: i'm going to get to obama and your relationship with him a littl
fight in the west which was very difficult in iraq and fighting while we were working hard to get abu assad and hadn't gotten him yet. and brought me in with the national security council and asked me directly, okay, are we going to get him? and my response was with confidence yes, but i couldn't tell him how quickly, but instead of falling back the way that some leaders might do, you know, false pressure or something like this, he was supportive and professional he said well, stay at it. so,...
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>> he was in favor of bashar al assad. >> he was not in favor. that's not fair to say. >> because he was willing to support negotiations doesn't mean he was for him. >> "vogue" magazine was for him and his wife. >> "vogue" magazine is not making foreign policy decisions in the u.s. senate. >> thank goodness. do you think he'll pass? >> i think it's premature to decide. we have to have the confirmation hearings. >> we're already finding a lot of the large organizations, they're not going to fight that aggressively. >>> tonight, a clearer picture just how bad the flu season is turning out to be and could get much worse. if you haven't had your flu shot, you might want to listen to this. dr. sanjay gupta joins me ahead. >>> flu season is hitting early dr. sanjay gupta joins me ahead. at a dry cleaner, we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. alriwoah! did you get that?
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we are getting close to the expiration date. ment question is will president bashar al-assad use them. the red line remains writ is. right now president sad r-rb, his military is looking at a little stronger show of force. patriot missiles to be banned by u.s. troops and also nato troops have landed in turk key. those missiles are going to go along the turkish-syrian border to be used first to prevent any kind of syrian attack inside of turkey. very easily those missiles could be reprogrammed to begin the enforcement of a no-fly zone over northern syria. that ter certainly something that be done if the red line is crossed, bill. bill: what are the rebels doing, leland? >>> that is the other part of this story in the sense that the rebels seem to be losing whatever momentum they had gained. the talk of chemical weapons really got strong when the rebels were moving on all of the cities controlled by the syrian regime. as of late things have slowed down. they are able to move across aop groun open ground *rb, but when they get to the cities the military repulses them back. they are using
we are getting close to the expiration date. ment question is will president bashar al-assad use them. the red line remains writ is. right now president sad r-rb, his military is looking at a little stronger show of force. patriot missiles to be banned by u.s. troops and also nato troops have landed in turk key. those missiles are going to go along the turkish-syrian border to be used first to prevent any kind of syrian attack inside of turkey. very easily those missiles could be reprogrammed...
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in a rare public speech, assad outlined his plan which includes a cease-fire, national reconciliation, a new constitution. assad said he would not step down and blamed his country's struggles on the opposition, referring to them as terrorists and puppets of the west. >>> "the san jose mercury news," despite being advised not to go to north korea by the u.s. state department, former new mexico governor bill richardson and google ceo eric schmidt have arrived in that country this morning. the reason for their trip not clear. speculation, though, has been they're seeking the release of korean-american kenneth bay, arrested on unspecified charges. richardson, a former u.n. ambassador, has traveled to north korea several times before. >>> "the wall street journal." french actor gerard depardieu received a hero's welcome as he begins this week as a russian citizen. depardieu expatriated in protest of france's high tax rates on the wealthy and has received d extensive coverage by the russian media. the actor arrived in central russia where he was offered a free apartment and a post as cultur
in a rare public speech, assad outlined his plan which includes a cease-fire, national reconciliation, a new constitution. assad said he would not step down and blamed his country's struggles on the opposition, referring to them as terrorists and puppets of the west. >>> "the san jose mercury news," despite being advised not to go to north korea by the u.s. state department, former new mexico governor bill richardson and google ceo eric schmidt have arrived in that country...